January 2022

Body UNION CITY - Two days after picking up a huge road win over Corn Bible Academy in Washita Valley Conference play, Union City High School’s boys basketball team struggled on offense in the bookend periods against Alex.

Body When Kyle Dillingham and his band Horseshoe Road take the stage Saturday night at the Centre Theatre, there will be several broken violins on stage with them. The broken violins aren’t props. They are part of the award-winning Dillingham’s show.

Body Okarche Fire Chief Steve Liebl confirmed two people were injured Monday by an explosion at an oil site owned by Devon Energy. The site is located west of Okarche at the corner of NW 248th Street and Brandley Road.

Body Nine entities have made formal requests totaling more than $23.7 million for Canadian County federal stimulus funds. Canadian County has been awarded $28.8 million through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021. The county has received half ($14.4 million) of the funds.

Body A fire that may have started in a backyard electrical box scorched the yards of two homes on Golf Course Drive Monday night. Residents called 911 and said police and fire crews were on the scene very quickly. A crew from OG&E arrived as well.

Body More than two dozen wreckers from across Oklahoma arrived in El Reno Wednesday afternoon in a tribute to the late Wayne Albrecht and his family, longtime owners of Cavin Wrecker Service. Albrecht died Jan. 21 at the age of 84.

Body Last week marked 49 years since the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that has taken over 60 million innocent lives since its ruling in 1973. This anniversary reminds us that the fight for life is far from over and that we must use our voice to speak out louder than ever before.

Body The intensity of emotions expressed online when natural disasters strike doesn’t necessarily lead to an equal amount of financial assistance when people need recovery help afterward, according to recent Oklahoma State University research.

Body Bessie Louise Gilliam Jenkins passed from this life on Jan. 20, 2022. She was born Sept. 1, 1933, in Bells, Texas, to William Neal Gilliam, a farmer, and Ola Mae Belsher Gilliam, a teacher.

Body Wayne William Albrecht passed from this life on Jan. 21, 2022, at the age of 84. He was born to Earnest and Bessie (Stack) Albrecht on Aug. 21, 1937, in Woodbine, Kan., the youngest of four children. He graduated from high school in Herington, Kan., and enlisted in the U.S.